# K. 299.5. Eastern section of southern gallery of Angkor Wat (the hell
and heaven gallery), 12th century

Kunthea Chhom

Author of digital edition: Kunthea Chhom

Identifier: DHARMA_INSCIK00299-5

Repository: Khmer (tfc-khmer-epigraphy)

File path: texts/xml/DHARMA_INSCIK00299-5.xml

Language: Old Khmer [Khmer]

Commit: 2026-11-14 14:32 (f68ac07), last modified 2026-10-22 14:47
(e1137ca)

## Palaeographic description

The lettering is characteristic of the twelfth century CE.

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## Edition

⟨1⟩ ⦿Avīcī ꩜ qnak ta mān· saṅveya pi syaṅ· qras· nu pāpakarmma nau .

## Translation into French by Cœdès 1911

⟨1⟩ Avīci. Les gens dans l’abondance qui vivent seulement dans le péché.

## Translation into French by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Sans vague". Les personnes qui possèdent des biens de jouissance,
et qui [cependant] continuent de vivre de mauvais actes.

## Translation by Pou 2001

⟨1⟩ "Waveless". People who have property and [yet] keep perpetrating
evil deeds for their living.

## Bibliography

First edited by George Cœdès (1911, p. 204) with a French translation;
re-edited by Saveros Pou (2001, pp. 157–158) with French and English
translation. Re-edited here by Kunthea Chhom based on EFEO estampage n.
676.

### Primary

[GC] Cœdès, George. 1911. “Les bas-reliefs d’Angkor-Vat.” BCAI, pp.
170–220. [URL]. Page 204.

[SP] Pou, Saveros. 2001. Nouvelles inscriptions du Cambodge, volumes II
et III. Paris: École française d’Extrême-Orient. [URL]. Pages 157–158.

### Secondary

[EA] Aymonier, Étienne. 1883. “Quelques notions sur les inscriptions en
vieux khmêr.” JA 8 (1), pp. 441–505. [URL]. Pages 441–505.